Portencross Castle

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Substantial ruinsruined, but plenty survives above ground

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Portencross Castle is one of eleven castles the Albion Guide maps in North Ayrshire. For more of the same, Little Cumbrae Castle and Montfode Castle are close by. West Kilbride Station is 3.4 km away to the east.

More places to visit near Portencross Castle

Pink-sand bay below Portencross with cliff walks and Arran views on the North Ayrshire coast.

1.6 km SE

Privately owned island south of Great Cumbrae with an early lighthouse site (1757), a 16th-century castle keep and a seal colony

3.1 km NW

A ten-mile coast road to cycle, Millport's Victorian seafront and the Cathedral of the Isles, often called Britain's smallest cathedral

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Butterfield's 1851 cathedral on Great Cumbrae, the smallest cathedral in Britain, seating fewer than 100.

6.4 km N

Victorian resort of Rothesay with its moated castle, the Gothic Mount Stuart house, sandy Ettrick Bay and the West Island Way

7.4 km NW

Clyde-coast seafront walk at Largs ending at the Pencil, a monument to the 1263 Battle of Largs, with Cumbrae views.

10.9 km N